Luxme Hariharan, Clare E Gilbert, Graham E Quinn, Frances K Barg, Celia Lomuto, Ana Quiroga, Joan McLeod-Omawale, Andrea Zin, Zulma Ortiz, Ernesto Alda, Liliana Bouzas, Marina Brussa, Adriana Cattaino, Alejandro Dinerstein, Norma Erpen, Adriana Fandiño, Lidia Galina, Julio Manzitti, Silvia Marinaro, Teresa Sepúlveda, Patricia Visintín, Juan Carlos Silva, Cynthia Magluta, Alicia Benitez
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a largely avoidable cause of blindness in children worldwide, requiring high-quality neonatal care, early detection and treatment. In middle-income countries throughout Latin America, Eastern Europe and South Asia, there has been a rise in ROP blindness due to a combination of increased survival of preterm infants, resource-scarce medical environments and lack of policies, training and human resources. However, Argentina is an example of country where rates of ROP blindness have declined and ROP programmes have been successfully and effectively embedded within the health and legal system...
April 16, 2018: Health Policy and Planning